Voortrekker

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.

n. A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who treks in advance; a pioneer.

Etymologies

Dutch voor ("advance") + trekken ("to travel"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

On Tuesday, when the two youths accused of murdering Terre'Blanche appeared at the town's magistrates court, stout, sunburnt white arms brandished the old South African flag, while women dressed in traditional Boer "Voortrekker" costumes piped up the apartheid-era national anthem, in an attempt to out-sing the black crowd's rendition of

The cultures of the Afrikaner and English people have progressively started to merge in recent years, but they have respectively managed to retain distinctive values from their Voortrekker and colonial roots.